A Pomegranate, Siena
1885
Painter, American, 1825 - 1913
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 18.42 × 22.86 cm (7 1/4 × 9 in.)
framed: 40.39 × 44.45 × 4.45 cm (15 7/8 × 17 1/2 × 1 3/4 in.) -
Accession
2018.44.8
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
William H. Gerdts [1929-2020], New York, by at least 1965;[1] gift 2018 to NGA.
[1] Gerdts lent the painting to a circa 1965 exhibition at the American Federation of the Arts in New York; per documentation provided by Abigail Booth Gerdts, in NGA curatorial files.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1965
[Still lifes of edible subjects from the collection of William H. Gerdts, on occasion of publication of cookbook by William and Lois Katzenbach], Board Room, American Federation of the Arts, New York, c. 1965, no catalogue, label no. 38.
1966
Mid-Nineteenth Century American Painting from the Collections of Henry M. Fuller and William H. Gerdts, Cummer Gallery of Art, Jacksonville, 1966, no. 25, repro.
1976
American Cornucopia: 19th Century Still Lifes and Studies, The Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, 1976, no. 26.
1998
For Beauty and For Truth: The William and Abigail Gerdts Collection of American Still Life, Mead Art Museum, Amherst; Berry-Hill Galleries, New York, 1998, unnumbered catalogue, repro.
Bibliography
1971
Gerdts, William H., and Russell Burke. American Still-Life Painting. New York, 1971: 66, 78, fig. 5-17.
Inscriptions
lower right: Geo. Henry Hall / Siena '85
Wikidata ID
Q63120666